{"id":23963,"date":"2017-01-13T15:48:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T14:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sotrender.com\/?p=23963"},"modified":"2024-04-16T14:39:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T12:39:55","slug":"anti-trends-2017-will-not-happen-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/anti-trends-2017-will-not-happen-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-trends 2017 &#8211; what will NOT happen in social media?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Here at Sotrender, we understand and appreciate the power of trends. We analyze\u00a0them all the time, but we also like doing things a bit outside of the box. So, while everyone is asking\u00a0about social media trends, we asked some influencers\u00a0what definitely WON\u2019T work in social media in the upcoming year. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The first edition of Social Media Anti-Trends was released last year, and you can judge how accurate the predictions were<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/social-media-anti-trends-2016\/\">by clicking here<\/a><\/strong>. We are more than curious what this year is going to bring\u2026 or rather, what it won&#8217;t bring!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24633 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends.png\" alt=\"sotrender_antitrends\" width=\"750\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends.png 750w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-475x158.png 475w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-600x200.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lilachbullock.com\">Lilach Bullock, Social Media Marketing Expert<\/a>:<\/strong>\u00a02017 is not the year to&#8230; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rely on a single content format; the world of content marketing is becoming very saturated and marketers need to step up their game and diversify the content they&#8217;re producing. <strong>Video is going to continue to be huge this year<\/strong>, as well as other types of visual content, such as images, presentations and interactive infographics. Another way of diversifying is by using more interactive content, both on websites and on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24637 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-1.png\" alt=\"sotrender_antitrends-1\" width=\"750\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-1-475x158.png 475w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-1-600x200.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/commsaxis.com\">Dan Purvis, Director @CommsAxis: <\/a><\/strong>2017 is not a year of&#8230; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital transformation. Brands are frantically trying to jump on the <strong>digital transformation<\/strong> bandwagon without understanding what it is, how it can benefit their business, and why\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it is WAY more than just doing some social media marketing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brand24.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/brand24.com noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24641 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-3.png\" alt=\"sotrender_antitrends-3\" width=\"750\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-3.png 750w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-3-475x158.png 475w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-3-600x200.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brand24.com\"><strong>Mick Griffin, CRO @Brand24:<\/strong><\/a> 2017 is not the year of&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Si-fi social marketing. Si-Fi is our term for<strong> Set It and Forget It campaigns<\/strong>. It&#8217;s great to have your posts scheduled, and your ad campaigns running smoothly, however 2017 is the last year consumers will be still be pleasantly surprised your brand is engaging them individually on social, replying to their comments etc. In 2018 my bet is this will be the standard, so it&#8217;s your last chance to create surprisingly good connections with your social audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24645 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-4.png\" alt=\"sotrender_antitrends-4\" width=\"750\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-4.png 750w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-4-475x158.png 475w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-4-600x200.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/pollage\"><strong>Pollyanna Ward:<\/strong><\/a> 2017 is not the year of&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many factors on social media. Brands will continue to find ways to disrupt consumers\u2019 lives, but at the end of day, we can\u2019t afford to be wasting resources and assets in a \u2018pay to play\u2019 world. Social media feeds are heavily saturated; 2017 is the year Facebook will supposedly be at peak feed. \u00a0<strong>Brands should look to add value to consumers\u2019 lives<\/strong>, for example the continuing development of AR shows how people want to be able to enhance their experiences, not add in extra layers and steps. The tools are there: exciting ad formats, large audiences, ecommerce options, proximity targeting, micro-influencers, the list is endless. 2017 is the year to be honest, open, and easy to use \u2013 consumers aren\u2019t going to go and buy an Oculus Rift just to play your game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-2d3fed96-64cc-4629-afbe-1141517fa323\" class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\"><span id=\"hs-cta-2d3fed96-64cc-4629-afbe-1141517fa323\" class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-2d3fed96-64cc-4629-afbe-1141517fa323\"><!-- [if lte IE 8]>\n\n\n<div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div>\n\n\n<![endif]--><a href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/3842881\/2d3fed96-64cc-4629-afbe-1141517fa323\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"hs-cta-img-2d3fed96-64cc-4629-afbe-1141517fa323\" class=\"hs-cta-img aligncenter\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/3842881\/2d3fed96-64cc-4629-afbe-1141517fa323.png\" alt=\"Analyze your social media efforts with Sotrender!\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/socialmediadelivered.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/socialmediadelivered.com noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24655 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-11.png\" alt=\"sotrender_antitrends-11\" width=\"750\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-11.png 750w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-11-475x158.png 475w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-11-600x200.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/socialmediadelivered.com\"><strong>Eve Mayer, CEO @Social Media Delivered:<\/strong><\/a> 2017 is not the year of&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using all social media platforms for your business without figuring out the business goals first. Stop signing up for all social platforms and forcing people to do Snapchat if you are not going after young people. Stop doing LinkedIn if your company isn&#8217;t a professional brand with professional things to say. <strong>Choose your social media platforms wisely<\/strong> based on your business goals and who you need to reach. Focus on those platforms only and cultivate the relationships you need. Also, 2017 is the year to stop procrastinating on adding video to your content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bornsocial.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/bornsocial.co.uk noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24653 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-10.png\" alt=\"sotrender_antitrends-10\" width=\"750\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-10.png 750w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-10-475x158.png 475w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-10-600x200.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bornsocial.co.uk\"><strong>Callum McCahon, Senior Strategist @BornSocial:<\/strong><\/a> 2017 is not the year of&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beautiful, polished, refined social content\u20262017 is the year of <\/span><b>\u2018Ugly Social\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the rise of tools such as Facebook Live Video and platforms like Snapchat that value immediacy and rawness over production and planning, social media is going to get back to basics next year.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Ugly\u2019 social content prioritizes reach at any cost over brand positioning at any cost &#8211; it\u2019s the brands who are confident enough to let go of their strict aesthetic and create content that their audience actually wants to share, rather than advertising that they want to block, that will see success next year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/razorsocial.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/razorsocial.com noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24651 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-9.png\" alt=\"sotrender_antitrends-9\" width=\"750\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-9.png 750w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-9-475x158.png 475w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-9-600x200.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/razorsocial.com\"><strong>Ian Cleary, founder @RazorSocial:<\/strong><\/a> 2017 is not the year of&#8230; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social platforms not generating any direct sales.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We&#8217;re at a stage where <strong>sales need to start happening on the platforms<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I see Facebook being at the forefront of this where there is a big\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">push to encourage more people to buy products within the feed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zelezny.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"zelezny.uk noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24643 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-5.png\" alt=\"sotrender_antitrends-5\" width=\"750\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-5.png 750w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-5-475x158.png 475w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-5-600x200.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zelezny.uk\"><strong>Lukasz Zelezny, SEO Expert:<\/strong><\/a> 2017 is not the year of&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet-\u2060another-\u2060meme-\u2060fanpage to gain likes.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People seem to be<strong> less engaged with cheesy memes<\/strong> and low-\u2060quality\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">baits.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There will be visible decrease of nonsense Facebook pages which were\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">using this tactic to gain visibility.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which overall is going to increase the quality of content appearing on\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similar rules apply to Twitter or Snapchat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/convinceandconvert.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/convinceandconvert.com noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24639 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-2.png\" alt=\"sotrender_antitrends-2\" width=\"750\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-2.png 750w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-2-475x158.png 475w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-2-600x200.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/convinceandconvert.com\"><strong>Mary Nice, Senios Strategist @convinceandconvert.com:<\/strong><\/a> 2017 is not the year for&#8230; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating more content just to fill an editorial calendar. It&#8217;s not the year <strong>to create videos with no story<\/strong> just so you can get preferable reach in the algorithms. \u00a0It&#8217;s the year to start being smarter about what you are distributing in social and always leading from a place of service. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blitzmetrics.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"blitzmetrics.com noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24649 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-8.png\" alt=\"sotrender_antitrends-8\" width=\"750\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-8.png 750w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-8-475x158.png 475w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-8-600x200.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blitzmetrics.com\"><strong>Dennis Yu, CTO @BlitzMetrics:<\/strong><\/a> 2017 is not the year of&#8230; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Facebook marketing expert. Platforms like Facebook are so prolific that what matters is expertise in a particular vertical enhanced by some tools knowledge. \u00a0For example, one charlatan last week said he was the world&#8217;s best at Facebook ads. And when I asked him if he would be best at Facebook ads for a car dealer, professional sports team, industrial pipe manufacturer, or software company, he had no answer.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just because someone has Facebook ads expertise, without understanding the underlying business, they will fail. \u00a0They need GCT (goals, content, targeting) to proceed. It&#8217;s like trying to cook a 5 star meal but not having the key ingredients. Even if you have the best of knives, you&#8217;re not going to turn potatoes into ribeye steak.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expect that the Facebook marketing expert will continue to peddle their wares to the unsuspecting and unsophisticated&#8211; small business owners and non-profits, mainly. And the rest of the single channel experts (AdWords, Infusionsoft, SEO, email, etc) will die a slow death, too, for the same reason.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/moondustagency.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/moondustagency.com noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24647 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-7.png\" alt=\"sotrender_antitrends-7\" width=\"750\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-7.png 750w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-7-475x158.png 475w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-7-600x200.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/moondustagency.com\"><strong>Marie-Helene Dibenedetto, founder @Moondust:<\/strong><\/a> 2017 is not the year where&#8230; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chatbots will entirely replace human interactions for customer service on social media. Although the need for automation is understandable from the companies perspective, the level of conversations these bots are able to hold at the moment is still basic. And frankly, trying to explain your issue to a bot can quickly get very frustrating &#8211; which could be detrimental to your relationship with the brand. We might get there in the future, but from my experience, at this minute, chatbots are not yet 100% ready.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/javelina.co\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"javelina.co noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24657 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-12.png\" alt=\"sotrender_antitrends-12\" width=\"750\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-12.png 750w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-12-475x158.png 475w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-12-600x200.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/javelina.co\"><strong>Catherine Alonzo, founding partner @JavelinaCo:<\/strong><\/a> 2017 is not the year of&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Polished perfect content. People want <\/span><b>authenticity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You don&#8217;t need perfect lighting, editing and flawless scripting to make valuable content &#8211; you just need to be yourself. Capture your true self in video, images and written content and you&#8217;ll connect with others and grow your audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sotrender.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sotrender.com noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24671 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-13.png\" alt=\"sotrender_antitrends-13\" width=\"750\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-13.png 750w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-13-475x158.png 475w, https:\/\/www.sotrender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Sotrender_antitrends-13-600x200.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sotrender.com\"><strong>Jan Zaj\u0105c, CEO @Sotrender:<\/strong><\/a> 2017 is not the year for&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Having a separate budget, strategy, and agency only for maintaining a company&#8217;s social media presence. I guess that companies started to understand that their social media activity needs to be coherent and go along not only with other marketing activities (both digital and offline) but also P&amp;L. So to make social media work for your brand, you have to regard it as a part of the whole marketing strategy instead of a separate one.<\/p>\n<p><b>We are looking forward to 2017 on social media &#8211; and seeing if these predictions will happen or not. It&#8217;s why we&#8217;re already excited for\u00a02018 and are preparing the <a href=\"https:\/\/app.sotrender.com\/auth\/signup\/trial\/eur\/gold\">right tools<\/a> for it! <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>What about you? Do you think some solutions will be passe in 2017, or maybe you don\u2019t agree with our experts? The comment section is all yours!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><span id=\"hs-cta-wrapper-2d3fed96-64cc-4629-afbe-1141517fa323\" class=\"hs-cta-wrapper\"><span id=\"hs-cta-2d3fed96-64cc-4629-afbe-1141517fa323\" class=\"hs-cta-node hs-cta-2d3fed96-64cc-4629-afbe-1141517fa323\"><!-- [if lte IE 8]>\n\n\n<div id=\"hs-cta-ie-element\"><\/div>\n\n\n<![endif]--><a href=\"https:\/\/cta-redirect.hubspot.com\/cta\/redirect\/3842881\/2d3fed96-64cc-4629-afbe-1141517fa323\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"hs-cta-img-2d3fed96-64cc-4629-afbe-1141517fa323\" class=\"hs-cta-img aligncenter\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/no-cache.hubspot.com\/cta\/default\/3842881\/2d3fed96-64cc-4629-afbe-1141517fa323.png\" alt=\"Analyze your social media efforts with Sotrender!\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><!-- end HubSpot Call-to-Action Code --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here at Sotrender, we understand and appreciate the power of trends. 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